Example sentences of "his eyes fixed " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps unwittingly , the new statue hints at a deeper truth underpinning the hardline triumph : the worker , the peasant and the intellectual gaze wistfully towards the Forbidden City , the grandest monument to the genius of Chinese civilisation , but the soldier has his eyes fixed in a different direction — down the Avenue of Eternal Peace towards Zhongnanhai , the walled compound where party leaders live and work . |
| 2 | Vincent walked out into the middle of the road and stood there , his eyes fixed on the distant comer around which the hearse had disappeared . |
| 3 | ‘ He 's coming this way , ’ said Lee who was still looking at Jack as he came up to the gate , his eyes fixed on the gun . |
| 4 | He had stirred the dregs of his frothy coffee with a plastic spoon and he had kept his eyes fixed tight upon her , registering the slightest movement of her limbs and the most minuscule gesture which crossed her face . |
| 5 | Behind him , Briant sat calmly , legs outstretched , his hands thrust into the pockets of his near-white coat , his eyes fixed on the toes of his highly polished shoes as he rocked his crossed ankles in a slow rhythm . |
| 6 | The rats fled and Corbett fell back on the ledge , chest heaving , sobbing with anger and fear , his eyes fixed on the grating , praying for dawn . |
| 7 | His eyes fixed and dilated . |
| 8 | He passed beside them all , seeing no one , his eyes fixed on the sea and the skiff , and the two great ships and the galleys beyond , all of them flying the Lusignan flag . |
| 9 | The redoubtable driver just keeps his eyes fixed on the road . |
| 10 | But all the time he found his eyes fixed to the rear mirror , looking for a sign of pursuit . |
| 11 | Realising that his visitor was no ordinary mortal , the watchman did not challenge him but jumping to his feet he kept his eyes fixed firmly on the intruder , hoping thereby to induce him to retire . |
| 12 | Shamlou hissed , his eyes fixed on Christie 's blood-drained face . |
| 13 | He spoke without apparent interest , his eyes fixed ahead . |
| 14 | Leeming nodded , his eyes fixed on Duncan . |
| 15 | Manvell kept his eyes fixed on Sharpe , half fearing that the Rifleman might still attack . |
| 16 | Leslie nodded , his eyes fixed on the floor . |
| 17 | The assassin 's blow threw him back against the wall , hitting it so hard he brought books tumbling from the shelves , but before the assassin 's fingers found his throat he delivered a punch to the man 's belly that must have touched some tender place , because the assault ceased , and the attacker let him go , his eyes fixed for the first time on Gentle 's face . |
| 18 | ‘ I was thinking of a smoke myself , ’ he said , his eyes fixed on the pouch , as if staring it down , ‘ if I had a few minutes in hand . ’ |
| 19 | He leaned forward and crooked his bony arms round the neat piles of money , protecting it , coveting it , his eyes fixed on his stepson 's face . |
| 20 | The only sounds in the room were the scratching of his pen-nib as he made each entry , and the chink of coins as he counted them out of the cash box — and the heavy breathing of Marcus Judge , who sat at the other side of the desk , his eyes fixed upon his son . |
| 21 | ‘ What must I understand ? ’ he asked , his eyes fixed on me . |
| 22 | He sat with his eyes fixed on great breakers rolling on a coral atoll somewhere in the immense Pacific . |
| 23 | He kept his eyes fixed on the crest of the hill over which she would appear freewheeling down on her bicycle , black hair streaming and her long skirt ballooning out on either side like a bat 's wings . |
| 24 | ‘ Before your father went to receive that money , he came to see me , ’ continued Mr Brownlow slowly , his eyes fixed on Monks ' face . |
| 25 | Mait kept his eyes fixed on him as he approached — a malnourished skeleton of a man . |
| 26 | Clinton asked , his eyes fixed on the tiny square . |
| 27 | She found him standing in front of the fireplace , his eyes fixed on the clock . |
| 28 | ‘ Jesus Christ , ’ muttered Gregson , his eyes fixed on the name of Lucas . |
| 29 | Radulfus mounted the three shallow steps , and with both hands opened the Gospels , his eyes fixed above , upon the cross , so that he might not calculate where , on the exposed page , his finger should rest . |
| 30 | Another man , dressed in a leather jacket and trousers that were too short , was walking briskly across the concourse , his eyes fixed on Donna . |